Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket blue on cream cream stock

blue on cream cream stock

as the top line of the ink border on the front has burned through the paper and remains attached only at the hinge on the back side (pictured in second photo of cover)

and which used to be blue

painted on both sides with some paint loss as obvious

with light scattered soiling

Unusual, Very Old, Nearly Two Foot Tall Pine Whimsy with Interlocking Moving Parts painted antique basket blue on cream cream stockNot an easy one to photograph as it stands almost 2 feet tall, but quite a wonderful, and definitely unusual, whimsy, unlike any I've seen. With a square base (it stands on its own) and tapering to a round bulb at top, it features four "cages" of sorts: one with with a squarish "ball", one with a "+" inside that slides up and down, and two with carved parts that extend well outside the cages, one straight across, the other in all four directions.